Kalimantan — the expansive Indonesian part of Borneo — is an adventure in every sense of the word. Remote jungle, snaking rivers and interior mountains serve up endless opportunities for epic rainforest hiking, while its cities are low-key and little visited by Indonesian standards.
You can travel here for weeks without meeting another foreigner, and at least some knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia is recommended. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content. Map of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. Beach at Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. Balikpapan Hotel Deals. Sunrise at Sea, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. In almost all cases it is advisable for tourists to fly instead, except perhaps for trips to Kalimantan from relatively nearby islands such as Bangka-Belitung and the Riau Islands.
Distances on Kalimantan are long and public transport is spotty and expensive. The easiest option may well be to book an arranged tour. Most diving activities takes place in the Berau Archipelago in the Celebes sea, around the islands of Derawan, Sangaliki and Manatua in East Kalimantan , there are also some less visited dive sites in West Kalimantan , these include Batu Payung and Radayan island in the vicinity of Singkawang and Karimata islands reserve further south, some kilometers of the coast from Ketapang.
Regions [ edit ]. Map of Kalimantan. This region travel guide to Kalimantan is an outline and may need more content. It has a template , but there is not enough information present. If there are Cities and Other destinations listed, they may not all be at usable status or there may not be a valid regional structure and a "Get in" section describing all of the typical ways to get here.
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